Photo: eadiocese.org The St. Polycarp of Smyrna Mission Church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Sanford, Maine celebrated the illumination of several new members this week. As the ROCOR Eastern American Diocese reports, 8 Baptisms were celebrated on Sunday and another on Monday. St. Polycarp’s is a Greek Rite mission of ROCOR with services […]
Turning Point
by Jim Connolly A good man, when he finds a good thing, wants to share it. (Monk Arseniye) I was raised in a home that did not talk much about God and therefore I had very little exposure to the Christian faith. In 1974, when I was 18 years old and a senior in high […]
1,000 indigenous Papuans interested in holy Orthodoxy, appeal to Patriarch Kirill to start a mission
On August 25, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to expand the pastoral responsibility of its Diocese of Singapore to cover East Timor and Papua New Guinea. According to a new report from Interfax, about 1,000 indigenous Papuans are interested in adopting holy Orthodoxy, and more than 100 have officially appealed to His […]
Lutheran Professor and Former Pastor Discovers Orthodox Christianity
by David E. Sumner Dr. Robert Saler is a former Lutheran pastor and currently a professor and associate dean at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. After growing up in southern Illinois, he received a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University. He earned two master’s degrees from the University of Chicago and a master’s and PhD […]
Dcn Michael Bishop’s Journey to Orthodoxy
by Deacon Michael Bishop “Joseph, what are you doing in my neighborhood?” “This is my church!” “That’s a Catholic church?” “Yes, Ukrainian Catholic!” I was in the sixth grade and living on Illinois Avenue. From Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church one could look into U.S. Soldiers’ Home, the place where Abraham Lincoln lived when he […]
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